Wehlener Klosterberg Riesling TBA
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Typically best enjoyed 15 to 50+ years from the vintage release, though exceptional bottles can easily cellar for a century.
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Classic blue cheeses such as Roquefort, rich foie gras, or elegant fruit-based tarts and apricot desserts.
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Markus Molitor's Wehlener Klosterberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) represents the absolute pinnacle of sweet winemaking in the Middle Mosel. The Wehlener Klosterberg vineyard, wrapping around the historic monastery, features steep slopes of weathered Devonian slate that capture the sun's warmth and reflect it back to the vines. To produce this rare nectar, Molitor's team undergoes a painstaking, berry-by-berry harvest, selecting only those grapes fully shriveled by Botrytis cinerea (noble rot). This labor-intensive process yields a wine of extraordinary concentration, where the natural, luscious sweetness of the Riesling grape is perfectly balanced by a vibrant, electric acidity. Rich in historical heritage, this wine carries the legacy of monastic viticulture that has defined the Mosel valley for centuries, showcasing a profound tension between honeyed richness and stony minerality.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Taking over his family's estate in 1984 at just twenty years old, Markus Molitor set out to restore the Mosel region's historic prestige through uncompromising quality and traditional craftsmanship. Based at the historic Haus Klosterberg in Bernkastel-Kues, the winery meticulously farms steep, slate-rich vineyards across the Mosel and Saar, utilizing extremely late hand-harvesting and spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak Fuder casks. Molitor is globally renowned for his precise, mineral-driven Rieslings—distinguished by white, green, and gold capsules indicating dryness levels—as well as his structured, elegant Spätburgunder. This obsessive dedication to terroir has earned the estate numerous perfect 100-point scores, cementing its status as an icon of German winemaking.